The email correspondence with Abedin, which was contained in a group of 21 previously undisclosed emails that were handed to the watchdog group, show that donors to the Clinton Foundation thought that they could receive favors from the State Department while Clinton was at the helm.

“As you know, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and President Obama are having a State Dinner,” wrote Sant Chatwal, an Indian man who has donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation, in November 2009. “Any possibilities to include me and my wife for this dinner? If so, that would be really great!”